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Race Reports for Stonebridge Ranch Triathlon - Sprint

[26]
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Race rating (3)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Overall, this was a good and tough sprint race. Would I do it again...maybe. The more I think about it, the more I'd probably lean towards yes, based off of the challenging nature of the course...plus I really want to do the swim again because I know I could/should have done much better.
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[27]
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Race rating (5)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: It was a great race. A little challenging but a lot of fun. My only complaint would be the long run down the mountainous muddy hill from swim exit to T1. Also transition was really dark trying to set up in the morning. Was very well organized and we had a great time. We'll be back next year for it even though it is kina far from home.
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[28]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?No

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Too hard

  • Comments: I learned something about the real nature of endurance events; at least for people in my kind of shape. I trained 3 months for my first tri last year and did it without any doubts as to finishing. This one, I wanted to quit a number of times and even doubted my ability to physically cross the finish line at some point. What kept me going was someone's tag line or quote I've seen here: "You can quit and no one will care. But you will always remember." I have enough ego that that kept me going and I'm old enough now that I truly paced myself to ensure I didn't just physically give out. I count that as more of a victory than anything else. As far as disappointments I found my reaction to the water a real downer. I had heard others mention that before and had dismissed it. But it was a real problem for me that I couldn't overcome. I had to work around it in the race and that actually hurt my confidence the rest of the day. It was, however, a learning experience and that lessens
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[29]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?No

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: There were a lot of first-timers at this race, so there was a sense of comraderie at this race that I haven't seen in a while. Very well run with what looked like not too many volunteers. I know I've said I don't want to race anymore, but I think I'll be back next year. Can't really beat a race so close to home. Besides, hanging out with our friends last night and today really makes it all worthwhile. I don't think they'd let me play with them if I stopped racing! :)
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[30]
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Race rating (5)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Had fun at this race; great venue. Spectator friendly. Great to see all the BT'ers plus my lovely wife supporting me. Of course this race was put on by my coach, so I can't complain! This is my last triathlon of the season until IMAZ next April. Scary.
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[31]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: For my first triathlon, I had a really great experience. Granted I have a lot to learn and my butt got kicked pretty good, but I still had a lot of fun while participating. Everyone I met or came across was very encouraging and people were always cheering each other on to make it and do well. A great experience like this makes me want to continue with triathlons and build my way up to a better time and meet a lot more people.
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[32]
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Race rating (5)
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  • Organised?No
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Great Job by playtri
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[33]
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Race rating (5)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Had a blast. Don't have anything to compare to, but this seemed a very well run event. I definitely will do it again next year as I have a few things to prove to myself on this course.
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[34]
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Race rating (4)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Besides what I now believe to be an incorrect course detour, the race seemed to flow very well. With around 1000 participants, I’m not sure how much better it could have been. I would give the race a 5 rating, but I don’t have anything else to compare it to. The City of McKinney did an excellent job patrolling traffic and make necessary repairs to the course. The race organizers did exactly that, they organized! Nice job everybody!!! (except the one volunteer who I think screwed up!)
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[35]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: This was a great race. There were lots of friendly people (both volunteers and athletes). I am even more excited about Tri's than I was before the race and I believe this to be a lifelong sport for me. I now have a benchmark in which I can try to improve upon.
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[36]
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  • Lots of volunteers to help?
  • Plenty of drink stations?

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  • Comments: This was only my second tri, so I don't have alot of experience to base my opinions on, but here goes First, I think this was a HUGE event and it was run very well. Here is what I think could have been better: 1) There was no drink stations setup prior to the race. I expected to be able to get water prior to the start, so I didn't bring any for pre-race. It was announced, though, that there was a water fountain which I used. 2) The sprint run course was not what was given. This didn't bother me much, but it did throw me off a little (and add to my time). Again, I'm still amazed it went as smoothly as it did and I give big props to Tri-Mania for the event.
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[37]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?

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  • Overall course based on my ability: Too easy

  • Comments: There have been several races in Louisiana cancelled due to the hurricanes, so on one hand I'm glad the RD kept the race open to all and managed it as best as she could. On the other hand, there were too many racers on the bike leg. Too many. And while I'm signed up for one more race this season, I'm not sure I'm going to show up. This morning before the swim start, my mantra was that I didn't want to do this. And this was after a drive and overnight stay at a hotel. Looked at the water and all of the other racers and said to my 16 YO daughter that I thought I was done for the season. I can't decide if my crappy bike leg means that I need to do the last one to redeem my season, or to just be happy that my A race went as well as it did. I don't mean to sound lazy. This was my 10th tri, my 12th multisport event this season, and I've done five 60+ bike tours with another scheduled for this weekend. Perhaps I'm just exhausted?
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[38]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Good organization with this race. The big thing I would have done differently is have the sprint start before the Oly.
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[39]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: The race gets an average, because I loved competing again after such a long hiatus, and nothing could really damp my enthusiasm...but that one volunteer screwing up the course was a real bummer. Worse, not everyone took the turn, so some people will have faster times because of it, and there's nothing they can do. People will know for themselves, but it just makes it harder to figure how I really did. Everything was backed up a little at the beginning because of road construction, so I can't hold that against them. This race is going to be a Regional next year, apparently, and while I think it would be a good race for it, I think they have a lot of work to do. I would straighten out the bike course (instead of having 13 separate turns including 4 U-turns on a 12.4 mile course, but that's just me), and have a more detailed map, but it was an amazing first race experience.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities?
  • Overall course based on my ability:

  • Comments: This was my first race. Although it was well organized, it had a lot of participants for the course. I doubt I will do this one again, due to the congestion on the course.
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[41]
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Race rating (5)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Awesome race. Can't wait to do it again next year.
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